People never change…
…people as a species, that is. That’s one insight reading history gives the thoughtful. The same traits we witness today among friends and family, politicians, celebrities, men and women, the powerful, the rich and...
Read MoreAuthor: Bob Adamcik
I’ve been thinking about self-change…
Posted by Bob Adamcik | Oct 1, 2020 | Change, Contentment, Happiness, Human Nature, Search, The self | 1 |
…and the inherent difficulties surrounding it. In my experience, discontent arises out of dissatisfaction. The greater (and more pernicious) the discontent, the deeper the dissatisfaction. And the deepest dissatisfaction...
Read MoreThere are certain traits…
Posted by Bob Adamcik | Sep 29, 2020 | Change, History, Human Nature, Modern culture, Notes, Politics, Society | 0 |
…that humans have evidenced in every society and civilization since we came down from trees: tribalism; otherism; xenophobia; social hierarchy; gender distinctions; religion; violence; mob psychology; group conformity;...
Read MoreI am the only one of me…
Posted by Bob Adamcik | Sep 27, 2020 | identity, Notes, Significance, The self | 0 |
…that has ever lived, unique not only among the living but among all the dead. .
Read MoreThe Prince is not dead…
Posted by Bob Adamcik | Apr 14, 2020 | Evil, History, Human Nature, Notes, Politics, Search, War | 0 |
In the course of watching Ken Burns documentary on the Vietnam War, I learned something I still find difficult to believe. On the eve of the 1968 elections, Lyndon Johnson was furiously pushing through peace talks to end the...
Read MoreHistory in the making…
Posted by Bob Adamcik | Apr 8, 2020 | History, Human Nature, Notes, Politics, Search, Society | 0 |
That title…a saying we often use when living through what seems to be a tumultuous event. And yet, only a few souls really appreciate what that means. We think of something that “will go down in the history books,” that...
Read MoreTime to start writing again…
Posted by Bob Adamcik | Mar 21, 2020 | Notes, Search, Uncategorized | 0 |
I spent some time this evening reading old posts here, and reflecting on the many months since I’ve written anything new. The last couple years I’ve been engaged with other things and haven’t had the energy it takes. But now...
Read MoreChange and blissful ignorance…
Posted by Bob Adamcik | Mar 15, 2020 | Change, History, Modern culture, Notes, Search, Society | 0 |
Last night I watched a documentary covering the early years of the Newport Folk Festival, 1964-66: The great folk performers of the late fifties and early sixties and the thousands of young people who listened to them. A half...
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